Gypsy Claim

The Gypsy Claim is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gypsy Claim
Secondary: Silver Star Tungster-Copper
Secondary: Pamlico

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kaylor, Earl C. And Helen
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD/LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LOCALLY UP TO 0.5% WO3 AND 2% CU

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN GARFIELD HILLS; UTM TAKEN AT CENTER OF SEC. 11

Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 2 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS KNOWN AS SILVER STAR 1 AND 2. THE LARGER PART OF THE CLAIMS LIE WITHIN THE U.S. NAVAL AMMUNITIONS DEPOT.

Comment (Deposit): SMALL PODS CONTAINING A LITTLE SCHEELITE AND OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS OCCUR ALONG THE MARBLE-MONZONITE CONTACT, ALONG THE MARBLE-VOLCANIC CONTACT, AND LOCALLY WITHIN THE MARBLE

Comment (Workings): 30-FOOT ADIT AND SMALL PITS

Comment (Geology): THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS HAVE BEEN FOLDED. SMALL LENSES OF QUARTZ, QUARTZ AND LIMONITE, GARNET, TACTITE, OR A COMBINATION OF ALL 3 OCCUR ALONG CONTACTS OR WITHIN THE MARBLE. MANY OF THESE CONTAIN NO SCHEELITE AND ONLY STAINS OF COPPER; SOME CONTAIN NARROW STREAKS OF LOW GRADE SCHEELITE

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A. C. & BENSON, W. T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.